The House season finale is disappointing thus far, and sometime over the past 4 years this show lost it’s mojo.
When you’re striking out 47% clip, somethings gotta change. Chris Davis, being the mad scientist he is, decided that a heavier bat would actually speed up his wrists. Counterintuitive? Yup! …but it’s working so far.
Even if Chris Carpenter’s on the DL, he’s still contributing to someone’s fantasy squad. Carpenter noticed something in Adam Wainwrights delivery, and apparently Wainwright’s diggin’. “I actually threw some better fastballs,” Wainwright said. “I’ve just got to get my arm in a better slot.” I love Wainwright as a buy-low candidate, regardless of his high pitch-counts. If you can pay for him as if he was a 4.00 ERA pitcher, pull the trigger.
Noted Douche-Bag, Brett Myers, had this to say after his most recent start, “I still need a little bit of work. Everything went well for the most part, but it didn’t work out in my favor. It’s a matter of getting that aggressive mentality back and taking that into my mechanics, instead of laying back trying to hit spots.” I dont think anyone will ever confuse Myers for a hard-worker, but he’s got solid stuff and should be a good addition to any staff once he gets his shit sorted out. He’s still a 7.5-8K per 9 guy, and he should be able to get his WHIP down to under 1.40.
Let the fun begin, Chipper Jones has a sore right elbow and will miss a game or two, after leaving yesterday’s game early. This is going to be a non-stop headache, but he’ll be productive while he’s in there. I predict two DL-stints.
Soria too! and Hochevar got the Call.
Mauer feels great though, and wants to catch every day.
The LA-Times points out a ridiculously insane OMFG-type fact that’d never crossed my mind:
Tino Martinez, 1997.
Since Tino, we’ve had Juan-Gone in ’98, Man-Ram in ’99, Giambi in ’00, Boone in 2001, Giambi in ’02, A-Rod in ’03, Ramirez in ’04 and 05 and A-Rod since 2006. Jesus Bloody Hell.
We’ll end it on that.
House just ended, and the last 20 minutes saved it for me. Worth a watch, 7.2/10
